complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate
dirty work; unpleasant task
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
to walk in on; to tread upon
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
to die by drowning; to drown
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
to crack down on (e.g. crime, corruption); to deal a crushing blow to; to bring down the hammer on
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
such; like that; in that way
granted that; even if; even though
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
this (very thing); this precisely
Boston bag; overnight bag; traveling bag (travelling)
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
police cell; place of detention; jail
I think (something) won't (something); probably (something) isn't (something)
questioning (e.g. by police)